The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
4:03 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / 3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.68° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.71° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.